Epstein why model

And, yet, during this period of my life, I had my fair share of bad experiences. In the film, my former roommate, a model at my then-agency, shared a disturbing story about her agent. This agent sent her to a casting, where she was coerced to pose nude and engage in a sex act with a famous photographer, who she later named: Terry Richardson. As a young model, I never felt I could report my concerns to my agency. It seemed likely they knew they were encouraging models into compromising, even dangerous situations.

They intentionally blurred the line between business and personal relationships, and there was always pressure to be upbeat and compliant. In my over 20 years in the business, an agency has never informed me of my rights or warned me of potential dangers.

Generally models in the U. For example, when my former roommate reported Richardson to our then-agency and refused to work with him, she was the one who was reprimanded. Other models who have complained about being sexually assaulted at work have been reprimanded and even dropped by their agencies , too. Working as a model in an almost entirely unregulated industry led me to establish the Model Alliance , a nonprofit research and advocacy organization for people working in the fashion industry.

Corpus ID: Why Model? Epstein Published Computer Science J. Joshua M. We accept papers intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals or proceedings volumes, but not papers that have already appeared in print. View Paper. Save to Library Save. Create Alert Alert. Share This Paper. This lecture treats some enduring misconceptions about modeling.

One of these is that the goal is always prediction. The lecture distinguishes between explanation and prediction as modeling goals, and offers sixteen reasons other than prediction to build a model. It also challenges the common assumption that scientific theories arise from and 'summarize' data, when often, theories precede and guide data collection; without theory, in other words, it is not clear what data to collect. Among other things, it also argues that the modeling enterprise enforces habits of mind essential to freedom.

Why model? N2 - This lecture treats some enduring misconceptions about modeling.